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I am Jeff White the director of the Sarah House Utah project. We are a small non profit community based organization. Our goal with the Sarah House project is to provide fast, green minded, safe, affordable homes for the underserved using salvaged material and volunteer labor.

We are also providing online instruction and showing people how to build inexpensive homes using salvaged material for themselves. Our small house is 640 square feet and is currently being constructed in a residential neighborhood in Salt Lake City which was a lesson in dealing with permitting and zoning, etc. I have enclosed a few photographs. You can see more on our facebook page Sarah House Utah or pose a question as many others have on our page.

rendering of completed house

Rendering of Completed House

side view of house

closeup of porch

stepping back to see container

arrow13 Responses

  1. 6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Looks fantastic. Would love to read/see a follow up, as their build progresses. The roofing design looks lovely and sure that will nicely filter the sunlight into the windows. Covered porch/carport area is a nice tough.

  2. Deborah
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    This is great! Small houses need to become the norm again. These large homes you see today were not the norm in the 40′s-60′s.

  3. liz goertz
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    wish there were lay out drawings or inside pictures

  4. Zbouncer
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Container homes are the way to go, inexpensive, very sturdy, most framing done, can be very secure and mobile. I cant wait to sell my current 1,500ft house, rent for a couple of more years, invest the money saved, and build my house cash! ;)

  5. Angela
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    This looks like a Frank Lloyd Wright house that was built on Smithsonian grounds 20 or so years ago. You had to wait in line for an hour to see inside. I liked it a lot and still wish I could have one.

  6. Love the look!

  7. 6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Gorgeous – I want a container house :)

  8. gmh
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Jeff,
    Thanks for sharing- the pics look great! I have often thought that a container home was the way to go.
    I was wondering if you had a website I could check for more pictures. I don’t have a FB account, and probably won’t get one, so I can’t really go there to see more pictures. If you had another place, I would love to check out what you are accomplishing.
    Thanks.

  9. Fly Ash
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Nice use of a container for the core element. Just too bad that the add-on will rot due to the lack of separation between the ground and wood. If the termites and carpenter ants don’t eat it then the rain and snow will eventually tirn the chip board panels into soggy shredded wheat.

  10. 6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Nice real nice my wife and O are building a container home in southern Utah and love both the area and our new home it’s 90% done now great project you have good luck on future homes

  11. Jerry
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    What a great looking home. This sums up what I’ve always instinctively felt about housing. Why should good, solid, affordable housing lack in character? I wish everyone there all the best luck!

  12. hassan
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Thanks for sharing- the pics look great!

  13. David
    6 mos, 3 wks ago

    Very well designed. The glue lams distribute the weight of the roof. The end swing out doors are replaced by main entrances. The builder has thought this build through. Good job!

    I have a wood shop built out of 3 containers.
    (you could start a whole blog site on container stuff.)

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